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Jamāl-al-Din Moḥammad Sidi (1555–1591), known by his pen-name Urfi, or Orfi or Urfi Shirazi (), was a 16th-century Persian poet.PAUL LOSENSKY, "ʿORFI ŠIRAZI" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
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and in his youth, he migrated to

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and became one of the poets of the court of

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. He is one of the most prominent Persian poets of

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* List of Persian poets and authors *

Persian literature Persian literature comprises oral compositions and written texts in the Persian language and is one of the world's oldest literatures. It spans over two-and-a-half millennia. Its sources have been within Greater Iran including present-day ...

16th-century Persian-language writers 16th-century Persian-language poets 1550s births 1590 deaths Year of birth uncertain Iranian emigrants to the Mughal Empire {{Iran-poet-stub